Word: argumentative
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...from the Prime Minister's visits to the U.S. But Bush's reciprocal gesture can only hurt Blair. The PM's approval ratings have slumped, largely because of his decision to stand with Bush on Iraq. There aren't any weapons of mass destruction to vindicate Blair's key argument that Saddam Hussein was furiously producing them. Constant strife and death in Iraq are making the British public uneasy about Bush's competence and fearful that Britain's nearly 10,000 troops in Iraq will be killed in increasing numbers. (Twenty-three have died since Bush declared...
...simplistically blaming everyone from Marilyn Manson to the National Rifle Association for the boys’ lethal actions. Even Michael Moore’s wry and often insightful investigation of the tragedy, last year’s Oscar-winning documentary Bowling for Columbine, ultimately descended into a disappointingly reductionist argument which seemed to place personal blame for Columbine on actor and NRA president Charlton Heston...
...problem. We may fight to protect the right to choose, but this doesn’t mean we help women act on that choice. Pro-choice rhetoric usually centers on a woman’s control over her body, and what’s strange about this line of argument is that it calls upon our most conservative fears about state control and the power-hungry men in Washington. This is usually Pat Buchanan’s line, but this time we use it for feminist arguments. Weird, right...
...assistant coaches and with bad ones. He’s won in New England, New York and now Dallas. He might be the best head coach of all time. And you want to say he wasn’t responsible? I’ll let coach Belichick make my argument...
...Officers were sent to Harvard-affiliated housing on 20 Prescott St. on a report of a party yelling. Officers determined the party was having an argument on the phone and secured the area...